Challenge : remove / change the back ground

[shortie]

Hi All

I posted this pic in the people forum and sony23 (aka Bruce) post processed it to remove the wall from the back ground

So the challenge is - what can you do, the scope is up to you "Guys n Gals", change the background, clone out the wall etc etc

If it helps the zipped raw and the jpg can be down load from here but note the file sizes are 7MB and 3MB respectively

RAW (http://www.malpas.com/canon/test/testraw.zip)
JPG (http://www.malpas.com/canon/test/testjpg.jpg)

Go and give it your best shot

Cheers

Shortie

http://www.malpas.com/canon/hbd01.jpg

[DocFrankenstein]

Do you have a particular background you want us to try and put behind the lady?

[Formulated_One]

Ok, here is my submission..Just a quick one..

[shortie]

Doc

Anything you like - just looking for some inspuration

Shortie

[shortie]

Formulated one

Cool job

Thanks

Shortie

[Poster Of U]

Five minutes later and,,,,,,

[Pyropeck]

Here is my attempt, sorry if this post is old now
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/pyropeck/photo%20hosts/hbd01.jpg

Its an attempt at hi key ie a "venture style" not sure if im allowed 2 mention that on here lol

[photosbymorgan2]

OK,

here is my attempt. Used one of my landscape photos for the background.

http://www.photosbymorgan2.com/postings/hbd01.jpg

[scr7b]

Has she ever been to Hong Kong? Well, she has now!

[yb98]

http://bellik.free.fr/10.jpg

[SuzyView]

I get such a kick from all of you wizards. LOL It's fun to see what you guys come up with. I like the white one. . . the end.

SuzyView
20D, delivered today and in one hand
10D, still a favorite
EOS 3, because film is so great
and fun stuff, and you know it!

[yb98]

Another attempt. I think I prefer this one to the yellow and white one.
But there is a little more work on the hair selection to do.
Yacine.

http://bellik.free.fr/20.jpg

[shortie]

Wonderful

What are you using to cut Harriet out - I have had a go with the extract filter and the magic wand but can't get as accurate as these

Any tips welcom

Shortie

[shortie]

scr7b nop she hasn't been to Hong Kong - but I did many moons ago when the first portable CD player came out and must have beem the first UK person with one ;-) probably around 1985

[yb98]

Here I did use a selection by color range.

[shortie]

Thanks

Will give that a go - If I can work out how to do it :oops:

[scr7b]

scr7b nop she hasn't been to Hong Kong - but I did many moons ago when the first portable CD player came out and must have beem the first UK person with one ;-) probably around 1985

I also used selection by colour range, and then fine-tuned the selection manually...

I bet the HK skyline looked very different in 1985... That photo was last June, and they're building another "tallest" skyscraper now...

[MagentaJoe]

I wasn't told I couldn't also change the foreground so here goes.

http://www.ceretti.com/msn/potn/hockey.jpg

[shortie]

LoL

Nice work Magentajoe

Shortie

[JEB]

I tried removing the background using the color range method, but could make nothing much of it. I'm a total novice with this stuff, any chance you guys could post the step by step stages you took to do it, as I'm keen to learn, but seem to be struggling a bit. Thanks.

[InZone]

Magentajoe: very cool!

[MagentaJoe]

:-)

[chrishoggy]

Had a quick play with this one. Layer levels are not right, but it didn't turn out too bad

[Nidz]

Yeah I know.. It dosen't exatcly remove the background but It's late and I was bored.. lol.

http://home.alphalink.com.au/%7Enbaxter/tv.jpg

[shortie]

Nidz

Very creative - did you use a graphics tablet for this

Cheers

Shortie

[Nidz]

nah i just photoshopped it.. started from the smallest one and made them bigger as i went.